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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Milancy Danielle Harris, of Virginia, and Radha Iyengar Plumb, of New York, both to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and Brendan Owens, of Virginia, and Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, both to be an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CRYPTO AND SECURITIES SCAMS AND RISKS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine protecting investors and savers, focusing on understanding scams and risks in crypto and securities markets, including S. 4356, to provide for responsible financial innovation and to bring digital assets within the regulatory perimeter, S. 3529, to amend the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010 to provide grants to States for enhanced protection of senior investors and senior policyholders, S. 4608, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income de minimis gains from certain sales or exchanges of virtual currency, S. 3990, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit certain securities trading and related communications by those who possess material, nonpublic information, and S. 2147, to enhance civil penalties under the Federal securities laws, after receiving testimony from Melanie Senter Lubin, North American Securities Administrators Association, and Gerri Walsh, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 3145, to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of natural gas, S. 3543, to support research, development, and other activities to develop innovative vehicle technologies, S. 3719, to establish the Southwestern Power Administration Fund, S. 3740, to provide for a comprehensive and integrative program to accelerate microelectronics research and development at the Department of Energy, S. 3769, to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the weatherization assistance program, S. 3856, to prohibit the importation of uranium from the Russian Federation, S. 4038, to increase the production and use of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, S. 4061, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, S. 4066, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to accelerate the availability of commercially produced high-
assay, low-enriched uranium in the United States and to make high-
assay, low-enriched uranium produced from Department of Energy inventories available for use in advanced nuclear reactors, S. 4280, to require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or seawater, after receiving testimony from Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and Kelly Speakes-Backman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, both of the Department of Energy; Mike Wech, Southwestern Power Administration, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Matt Leuck, Neste US, Houston, Texas; and Jeff Navin, TerraPower, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Jay Curtis Shambaugh, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Douglas J. McKalip, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of William H. Duncan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Candace A. Bond, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, who was introduced by Senator Booker, Heide B. Fulton, of West Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and Robert J. Faucher, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Shefali Razdan Duggal, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who was introduced by Senator Kaine, Carrin F. Patman, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, Gautam A. Rana, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Angela Price Aggeler, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, and Randy W. Berry, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 4430, to amend title 35, United States Code, to establish an interagency task force between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Food and Drug Administration for purposes of sharing information and providing technical assistance with respect to patents, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Roopali H. Desai, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and E. Martin Estrada, to be United States Attorney for the Central District of California, and Gregory J. Haanstad, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, both of the Department of Justice.
FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Federal technology for people with disabilities, older Americans, and veterans, after receiving testimony from Eve L. Hill, Brown Goldstein and Levy, Washington, D.C.; Anil Lewis, National Federation of the Blind, Atlanta, Georgia; Jule Ann Lieberman, TechOWL, Devon, Pennsylvania; and Ronald G. Holmquest, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 126(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 126(2)
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